Teachers in Portland, Oregon, have entered the 4th day of a strike. Schools remained closed Monday after negotiations between the teacher's union and the district failed to advance over the weekend. Disagreements over the district's budget are a main sticking point.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Schools remained closed in Portland, Oregon, on Monday as a teacher’s strike entered its fourth day, prompting state lawmakers to increasingly weigh in and call on the district to negotiate in good faith.
The Legislature this year approved a record $10.2 billion budget for K-12 schools. But Portland Public Schools has said the money isn’t enough to meet the union’s demands of higher pay for educators. In a separate news conference Monday, Portland Public Schools Superintendent Guadalupe Guerrero said the district’s central office accounts for 5% of the overall budget. He said the money “doesn’t necessarily go into a bunch of high-level managers,” citing positions such as instructional coaches and coordinators.
The union has proposed a roughly 20% salary increase over three years. The district, meanwhile, has proposed around half that.
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